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The US-India Relationship: True Friends and Helicopter Sales

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Running Numbers by Brendan Helm

While Trump has hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a "true friend" and extolled the world’s largest democracy, are Americans equally as enthusiastic about the US-India relationship?

Flag of India
Mitul Gajera
Public Opinion

The Critical Role of Women in Transforming the Food System

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Global Food for Thought by Chelsea Reinberg

Women "agropreneurs" all over the world are key players in transforming food systems.

A young female farmer in Ethiopia Food and Agriculture

​Japanese Public Backs Additional Measures to Fight Coronavirus Outbreak

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Running Numbers by Craig Kafura

Japan has been one of the countries on the frontlines of the COVID crisis, highlighted by the case of the Diamond Princess cruise ship, quarantined off Yokohama following an outbreak of COVID-19 aboard.

People wearing medical face masks at a train station in Japan
Zhipeng Ya
Global Health

Palestinians and Israeli Public Support for a Two State Solution Reach New Lows

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Running Numbers by Dina Smeltz

A survey  conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) found that just 39 percent of Palestinians continue to support the concept of a two-state solution.

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh 
UN Geneva
Public Opinion

What Happens to Germany after Merkel Is Gone?

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#AskIvo

In this episode of #AskIvo, Council President Ivo Daalder looks at three big issues rising to the surface in German politics on the eve of her departure.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel walking away from camera
REUTERS
Global Politics

Investing in Innovation: Food, Agriculture and Forestry in Southeast Asia

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Global Food for Thought by Erin Sweeney

Erin Sweeney provides guest commentary on food, agriculture, and forestry in Southeast Asia.

Large rain forest in Indonesia
Tommy Krombacher
Food and Agriculture

The Heartland Needs Immigrants to Grow

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Barron's
John Austin

States like Michigan are feeling the lack of international students and refugees as immigration restrictions cut off the Midwest's economic lifeline.

 Candidates taking the Oath of Allegiance at a Naturalization Ceremony at College of DuPage
COD Newsroom
Migration

Adopting Conserving Agricultural Practices: A Farmer's Perspective

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Global Food for Thought by Coauthors

Farmers’ decisions to change the way they have farmed for years and start using new conserving agricultural practices such as conservation tillage, cover cropping, or buffer strips will depend in large part on how much it will cost.

Field worker in a vegetable field.
Reuters
Food and Agriculture

Alliances Secured America's Past. Will They Secure Its Future?

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Mira Rapp-Hooper joins Ivo Daalder on Deep Dish for a discussion about the state of US alliances at a moment when new concerns are flaring up.

A general view during the NATO leaders summit in Watford, Britain, December 4, 2019
Reuters
Defense and Security

Americans Aren't as Eager to Retreat From the Middle East as Politicians Seem to Think

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The Hill
Coauthors

Presidential candidates and the President are overstating Americans’ desire for a full-scale retreat from the Middle East.

M2A2 Bradley IFVs of the 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment, attached to 218th MEB, accompany a U.S. patrol in eastern Syria, 13 November 2019
United States Army
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